The Argentine Olympic selector, Sergio Batista, confirmed the 18 players who will participate in the Games in Beijing. Thus, Argentina will be attended by Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero and Fernando Gago to defend the gold medal in Athens 2004 obtained.



The biggest uncertainty of the call was resolved with the inclusion of the Inter defence, Nicolas Burdisso, as a third player older than 23 years, before the negative Bayern Munich's Martin Demichelis to give in to and Deportivo La Coruna for this square had been for Fabricio Coloccini.

Besides Burdisso, Juan Roman Riquelme and Javier Mascherano will be the other two Olympic completing the list of Sergio Batista. Others who surprised by its inclusion on campus were Argentine Olympic Lautaro Acosta, new recruitment of Seville, and Boca defender youth, Luciano Munoz.

List summoned:
Goalkeepers: Oscar USTARI (Getafe) and Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar).

Defenders: Pablo Zabaleta (Espanyol), Luciano Monzon (Boca Juniors), Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Federico Fazio (Seville) and Lautaro Acosta (Seville).

Midfielders: Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors), Ever Banegas (Valencia), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) and Jose Sosa (Bayern Munich)

Strikers: Diego Buonanotte (River Plate), Sergio Agüero (athletics Madrid), Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Naples) and Angel Di Maria (Benfica).

Substitutes: Nicolas Navarro (Naples), Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht), Nicholas Young (Anderlecht) and Emiliano Insúa (Liverpool).

Lionel Messi, author of two of the three goals scored by Barcelona in Glasgow before Celtic (2-3), has re-marked after 17 parties, and has become the top scorer interim Champions League, with six many in his personal account.

The Argentine tied the match in 18 minutes, breaking a streak of almost three months unchecked. His last goal was for the party to Olympique Lyon in the Champions League (2-2), November 27, 2007.

Messi again mark in the 79 minute goal from the victory, which also confirmed as the top scorer of the competition with six goals, ahead of Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) , all of them with five goals

Messi 19 blaugrana, Bronze Ball and finalists FIFA World Player

As disclosed in Italy, where he surrendered to Kaka and thanked repeated interest of Inter

If milanista Kaka spared no praise Leo Messi in the delivery of the Golden Ball, the very crack azulgrana explained in an interview with the Italian weekly Guerin Sportivo

Kaka, Ibrahimovic (Inter) and Totti (Roma) are the players calcium I really like

One of his big dreams

I would like to participate
in the Olympics in 2008

It will take place in Beijing from 8-24 August 2008, in full season azulgrana. It may be recalled that Ronaldinho or Marquez also have hinted their desire to compete in China. In another vein, Messi thanked Inter for its renewed interest in taking his services, although stresses that he does not intend to move Barça.

I thank publicly Mássimo Moratti fine words has always said to me, I am flattered that someone of his level, I have so much in esteem. However, I have been to Barcelona in the heart and desire to stay at the club for a long time

Ever since he is president of the Inter of Milan, Massimo Moratti has fichado 18 Argentine players. But it needs the one that more wishes: Leo Messi

The player which I do not have and that I would like to bring the Inter is Leo Messi. Long ago that I say that Messi is my great soccer weakness. He is the player who amuses to me more in the world. But, reason why they say to me, Barcelona is not going it to sell. To have to Messi will continue being a dream

By the others, Moratti remembers its relation with Argentine soccer.

My first ídolo in soccer was Antonio Valentin Angelillo. It arrived at Italy in 1957, when I was 12 years old. My father Angelo, who was president of the Intere in the 60, dreamed about the trio of Los Angeles of the dirty face, but Enrique Omar Sívori happened to the Juventus and Humberto Maschio ended up later dressing our colors years

And he is that the maximum leader of the Inter does not hide that

He enchants the Argentine soccer player to me: he has technique and personality, adapts express to live in Italy, perhaps because in the veins of the majority tana blood runs